Anxiety. Fear. Guilt. Regret. Anguish. Jealousy. Disgust. Humiliation.
Life makes us all susceptible to these stressful and painful feeling states. But primarily they are experienced as memories of suffering and trauma – either which we have experienced directly or vicariously from the pain of others.
These memories can afflict us long after the initial wounding, despite our attempts to change them into resilience, compassion, and wisdom through mindfulness and meditation, spirituality, psychotherapy, or distraction.
In this two-hour presentation, we will discuss a few new tools in our trauma toolkit emerging from evolving understanding of the nature of trauma; relevant memory reconsolidation and other neuroscience research; Buddhist and psychedelic awareness; together with demonstrations of and opportunities to experience an adaptation of the Flash Technique® which reduces or eliminates the impact of previously traumatic and disturbing memories, and has been taught internationally in the past three years by Phillip Manfield, Ph.D. and Lewis Engel, Ph.D. to over 7,000 EMDR trauma therapists.
In contrast to other psychological treatments for trauma (such as EMDR, Prolonged Exposure Therapy, Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, Trauma Focused-CBT, Somatic Experiencing®, Emotional Freedom Technique, etc.) the Flash Technique® INVOLVES NO CONSCIOUS EXPOSURE to traumatic or disturbing memories. This paradigm shift reduces the risk of re-traumatization to nearly zero.
The latest peer-reviewed article on Flash Technique has just been published:
Manfield, Engel, Greenwald & Bullard (May, 2021). Flash Technique in a scalable low-intensity group intervention for COVID-19-related stress in healthcare providers. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research Vol 15 Issue 2, DOI: 10.1891/EMDR-D-20-00053
No previous experience with or knowledge of EMDR or other direct trauma-informed therapies will be required for this presentation.
Presenter:
David Bullard, PhD is a licensed psychologist and marriage and family therapist in private practice in San Francisco. At UCSF, he is clinical professor in medicine and in psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Weill Institute for Neurosciences; and at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. He also has served as a mentor in the center for psychedelic therapies and research at the California Institute of Integral Studies.
David's trauma therapy background includes advanced EMDR training, he is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner®, and he has been exploring the Flash Technique® for the past three years.
David presented these topics live onsite at TibetHouse.US in New York City on February 29, 2020.
"I have had the pleasure of knowing David for several years and admire his ability to bring kindness and humor into his interaction with others with such ease. He is most known for his work with trauma and relationships, where, in addition to his professional expertise as a clinical psychologist, he also brings important Buddhist insights as part of his therapeutic approach. I recommend him as a caring and entertaining teacher." - Thupten Jinpa, PhD, principal English translator to H.H. the Dalai Lama since 1985, founder and chairman of the Compassion Institute and author of A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives (2015).
Saturday, June 5, 10am-12noon
Registration Fee: $60 ($50 with SFPA membership discount)
Registration with 2 CE credits: $85 ($70 with SFPA membership discount)
Information on Optional Continuing Education Credit for Health Professionals
2 CE credits for psychologists are provided by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA) which is co-sponsoring this program. The Spiritual Competency Academy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Spiritual Competency Academy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
• The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits for LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFT license renewal for programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.
• LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFTs, and other mental health professionals from states other than California need to check with their state licensing board as to whether or not they accept programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.
• SCA is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN Provider CEP16887) for licensed nurses in California. RNs must retain this document for 4 years after the course concludes.
SCA is an approved CE provider for National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coaches (CEP Number 100196)
• For questions about enrolling in CE or receiving your Certificate of Attendance,
contact David Bullard, PhD at david@drbullard.com
For other questions about CE contact David Lukoff, PhD at
CE@spiritualcompetency.com .
The filing fee for CE's for this program is included in the prices as noted above.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the program, participants will be better able to…
* Describe the perceptual error of a disturbing memory
* Demonstrate a short visualization that will diminish sensory, emotional and cognitive disturbances of a difficult memory
Saturday, June 5, 2021; 10:00am to 12:00noon
Online Zoom webinar link provided the evening before the event to those registered
THOSE WISHING 2 CE CREDITS MUST SIGN IN AND OUT AT ABOVE TIMES BY EMAIL.
INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL SELECTING CE OPTION.